7AM ET 11/20/2025 Newscast

Summary

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Fox News Hourly Update – 7AM ET 11/20/2025 Newscast

Podcast: Fox News Hourly Update
Host: Dave Anthony, FOX News Podcasts
Date: November 20, 2025

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Episode Overview

The 7AM ET newscast delivers key headlines across U.S. politics, justice, economics, culture, and breaking investigations. In this broadcast, major discussion points include President Trump's signing of the Epstein files release, a congressional fraud indictment, new polling on leadership post-government shutdown, a pivotal court challenge over controversial deportation, a Justice Department crackdown on antifa, and a market rebound after recent losses.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Epstein Files Release Ordered

• [00:03] President Trump signed Congress's resolution requiring the release of the Epstein investigation files related to underage sex trafficking.
• Trump criticized the previous administration:

  "The Democrat led Biden administration never released a single file."
  (Dave Anthony quoting Trump, 00:03)

• Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department have 30 days to comply. Some documents may be redacted or withheld due to ongoing investigations.

• “We have released 33,000, over 33,000, Epstein documents to the Hill and will continue to follow the law.”
  (Dave Anthony, 00:33)

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2. Congresswoman Indicted for Covid Relief Fraud

• [00:33] Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) indicted for allegedly stealing $5 million from FEMA Covid funds and using some for her 2021 campaign.
• Cherfilus-McCormick calls the indictment "baseless and a sham," maintaining her innocence.

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3. Fox News Poll: President Trump Approval & Shutdown Fallout

• [01:01] New poll shows:
  • President Trump's job approval at 41% — down 5 points since last month.
  • Disapproval over shutdown handling: President (62%), Republicans (63%), Democrats (64%).
  • The majority (54%) said the shutdown was not a hardship for their families.

• "Across the board, voters didn't like how our leaders handled the shutdown…"
  (Granal Scott, 01:01)

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4. Economic Update: Jobs Reports

• [01:28] The September jobs report delayed by the shutdown to be released this hour. It's expected to show more hiring than August, though the unemployment rate holds at 4.3%.
• There will be no separate October report; October figures will be folded into November's numbers.

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5. CMA Awards: Country Music Honors

• [01:49] Lainey Wilson wins CMA Entertainer of the Year.

• “I just came in here, just want to celebrate country music. The love of my life and I know the love of so many of y'alls lives.”
  (Lainey Wilson, 01:49)

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6. Immigration & Court Battles: Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case

• [02:16] Attempt to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia goes before a Maryland Federal judge; Garcia is jailed on human trafficking charges after being wrongly deported to El Salvador earlier in the year.
• A contempt investigation into the Trump administration proceeds, with Judge Boasberg considering compelling administration officials to testify under oath about controversial deportations.

• “Judge Boasberg says an appeals court ruling gives him authority to determine if there is enough evidence to refer members of the administration for prosecution.”
  (Doug Loozator, 02:44)

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7. Crackdown on Antifa

• [03:16] DOJ announces that, following antifa’s designation as a domestic terror organization, five people pleaded guilty to providing material support for terrorism in connection to a shooting at a detention center.
• FBI Director Kash Patel notes it’s the first time these specific terror charges have targeted antifa.

• “At sentencing, prosecutors accusing the five of supporting antifa in a July shooting at the Prairieland Detention center near Dallas that wounded a police officer.”
  (Ainsley Earhart, 03:23)

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8. Markets & Wall Street Update

• [03:55] After a two-day selloff dragged the Dow down 1,000+ points, futures rebound:
  • Dow futures up nearly 200
  • Nasdaq up over 300

  “Stock futures have been surging the day after modest gains from the big two day sell off…”
  (Dave Anthony, 03:55)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “The Democrat led Biden administration never released a single file.”
  (Dave Anthony quoting Trump, 00:03)
• “We have released 33,000, over 33,000, Epstein documents to the Hill and will continue to follow the law.”
  (Dave Anthony, 00:33)
• “Across the board, voters didn't like how our leaders handled the shutdown…”
  (Granal Scott, 01:01)
• “I just came in here, just want to celebrate country music. The love of my life and I know the love of so many of y'alls lives.”
  (Lainey Wilson, 01:49)
• “Judge Boasberg says an appeals court ruling gives him authority to determine if there is enough evidence to refer members of the administration for prosecution.”
  (Doug Loozator, 02:44)
• “At sentencing, prosecutors accusing the five of supporting antifa in a July shooting at the Prairieland Detention center near Dallas that wounded a police officer.”
  (Ainsley Earhart, 03:23)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:03: Epstein files ordered for release; Trump and Bondi statements
• 00:33: Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick indicted for FEMA fraud
• 01:01: Poll results on Trump approval and shutdown disapproval (Granal Scott)
• 01:28: Jobs reports/Economic outlook
• 01:49: CMA Awards recap – Lainey Wilson’s acceptance
• 02:16: Deportation case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• 02:44: Contempt hearing on Trump administration deportations (Doug Loozator)
• 03:16: DOJ-FBI crack down on antifa; guilty pleas for terror support
• 03:55: Wall Street update: stock futures rebound

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Conclusion

This episode of the Fox News Hourly Update offers a rapid but substantive briefing on top U.S. news. From the high-profile unsealing of Epstein investigation documents and a congressional fraud case, to legal challenges in immigration policy, antifa prosecutions, and key economic stories, listeners get an authoritative snapshot of the morning’s headlines, punctuated by pointed quotes and reporting from the Fox News team.

Transcript

[Dave Anthony]

He signed it. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News and after President Trump gave final approval to Congress's resolution compelling the release of the Epstein files from the investigation into underage girls sex trafficking he posted on Truth Social. The Democrat led Biden administration never released a single file. Fox's Doug Loozator reports.

[Doug Loozator]

Attorney General Pam Bondi meantime and her justice department have 30 days now to comply, although some documents may be redacted and and others may be withheld citing ongoing investigations.

[Dave Anthony]

We have released 33,000 over 33,000 Epstein documents to the Hill and will continue to follow the law. A Democrat has been indicted in a fraud case which Congresswoman Sheila Sherfeless McCormick tells CBS is baseless and a sham. Claiming she's innocent, Sherfilis McCormick is charged with stealing $5 million from FEMA related Covid funds and spending some of it on her 2021 campaign in Florida. There's a new Fox News poll out post government sh.

[Granal Scott]

President Trump's job approval rating is at 41% down 5 points from a month ago. Across the board, voters didn't like how our leaders handled the shutdown with the president at 62% disapproval and Republicans and Democrats at 63 and 64% disapproval respectively. But when asked if the shutdown was a hardship for their families, 54% said it wasn't at all.

[Dave Anthony]

Fox's Granal Scott an economic report the shutdown delayed will finally come out next hour. The September job expected to show more hiring than August but the unemployment rate remaining 4.3%. We will never get an October report. Instead hiring last month will be included in the November numbers that will come out next month. Country music's best were honored last night. Lainey Wilson winning CMA Entertainer of the year on abc.

[Ainsley Earhart]

I just came into here just want to celebrate country music. The love of my life and I know the love of so many of yalls lives.

[Dave Anthony]

America's listening to Fox News.

[Ainsley Earhart]

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[Will Kane]

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[Dave Anthony]

The Trump administration attempt to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia again returns to court again today in Maryland where a federal judge will consider the plan to send Abrego Garcia to Liberia. He's currently jailed on human trafficking charges filed after Abrego Garcia was returned from El Salvador where he was wrongly deported earlier this year. He was among alleged gang members flown out of the country in March. In a controversial deportation still under scrutiny.

[Doug Loozator]

Federal Judge James Boasberg says he'll move quickly on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration. The judge says an appeals court ruling gives him authority to determine if there is enough evidence to refer members of the administration for prosecution. In a March hearing, Boseberg ordered an aircraft carrying accused gang members to El Salvador to return to the U.S. the administration says that order came after the flights were out of US Airspace. Boasberg could compel officials to testify under oath at the White House. Jared Halpern, Fox News A first in.

[Dave Anthony]

The Trump administration crackdown against antifa now that the leftist activist movement's been declared a domestic terror organization.

[Ainsley Earhart]

The Justice Department revealing Nathan Bauman, Joy Gibson, Seth Sykes, Lynette Sharp and John Thomas all pleaded guilty in a Fort Worth federal court to one count of providing material support to terrorists. Each face up to 15 years in prison. At sentencing, prosecutors accusing the five of supporting antifa in a July shooting at the Prairieland Detention center near Dallas that wounded a police officer. FBI Director Kash Patel previously saying the charges are the first time a material support to terrorism charge has targeted antifa. Kristin Goodwin, FOX NEWS On Wall Street.

[Dave Anthony]

Stock futures have been surging the day after modest gains from the big two day sell off that started this, dragging the Dow down more than 1,000 points. But this morning we have Dow futures up nearly 200, Nasdaq futures up over 300. I'm Dave Anthony and this is FOX News.

[Will Kane]

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